A Luminous Nova in Outburst

Details A Luminous Nova in Outburst A Luminous Nova in Outburst

Oct 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010xmm..prop..117o&link_type=abstract

XMM-Newton Proposal ID #06728901

Computer Science

White Dwarf Binaries, Neutron Star Binaries, Cataclysmic Variables, Ulxs, Black Holes, A New Nova

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We propose to continue a program of Target of Opportunity Observations of classical and recurrent novae in outburst, triggered when a nova is observed with Swift as a luminous X-ray source. Our aims are: a) to constrain the mass, temperature and chemical composition of the white dwarf by means of the RGS spectrum, b) to correlate temporal and spectral line variability during the nuclear burning phase, and c) if the shell is very X-ray bright, to use the RGS to explore also wind mass loss in a recurrent nova. The proposed study is important to understand the evolution of accretion and hydrogen burning on white dwarfs in close binaries, including supernovae Ia progenitors.

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